Mash Windows 8 Store Apps, public web service API's and some starter kit code together and you have... "APIMASH Starter Kits"

Description

Today's Modern Monday project isn't just one project, it's 14. 14 Windows 8 Store App Starter Kit projects that provide examples of how to use a number of free web service API's, like Rotten Tomatoes, Yelp, Earthquakes + Bing, World of Warcraft and the Chuck Norris Internet Database [insert Chuck Norris joke about how the web's there to service him... in such a way that won't get me fired]

APIMASH Starter Kits for Windows demonstrate how to use public Web Service API's such as Edmunds, Tom-Tom, Twitter, Tumblr, Yelp, Meetup and many others to create Windows 8 Store Apps. These Starter Kits will put you on the fast path to publishing your first App to the Windows Store.

Starter Kits

Edmunds [XAML/C#]

Rotten Tomatoes [XAML/C#]

Tom-Tom + Bing Maps [XAML/C#]

Active [HTML5/JS]

Stackoverflow [ XAML/C#]

Univision [XAML/C#]

GeoNames + Wikipedia [XAML/C#]

Yelp [XAML/C#]

Meetup + Bing [HTML5/JS]

Tumblr [HTML5/JS]

Worldwide Telescope [HTML5/JS

Earthquakes + Bing [HTML5/JS]

World of Warcraft [HTML5/JS]

Chuck Norris Internet Database [XAML/C#]

1 - Download the StarterKits

2 - Customize the API calls and Update the User Experience

3 - Submit your App to the Windows Store

Here's a snap of the Chuck Norris App;

And its solution;

The only issue I had with these apps, is that sometimes you need to fix up the references or install an SDK. For example, in the Chuck Norris app, had to refresh/reapply the Newtonsoft.Json reference (NuGet is your friend for this). For the Bing app's, I had to install the Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps (and get a Bing Dev key, https://www.bingmapsportal.com/), etc.

Here's the Earthquake App (since I live in Sothern California, Earthquakes are of special interest to me...)

The Worldwide Telescope Starter Kit is pretty awesome just as is. I wasted (err... um... "invested") way too much time playing with this one...

And here's some of the included screenshots for more of the Start Kits;

In all those kits there has to be something that calls out to you! Now get coding!